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AIRSHOW-TAKE A LOOK-Paris 2013
ReutersTop planemakers are battling over strategy for big jets at the Paris Airshow this week. After a bruising two-year fight for market share of popular smaller models, Airbus and Boeing are increasing the deployment of next-generation long-range jets, seen as...Tags: United Air Lines, Air France-KLM, Ryanair Holdings Plc, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Marketing
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Elaine Place giraffes replaced, won't return
RedEyeThe sun has set for a return of the Elaine Place giraffes, and now it’s “Night in Tunisia.” A new piece of art sponsored by Chicago Apartment Finders was installed Tuesday as part of the Chicago Sculpture Exhibit -- a nonprofit...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Artists, Music, Entertainment
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Tunisian court jails Salafists for burning Sufi shrine
Reuters* Six Salafists convicted over arson at shrine * Sufis complain of dozens of attacks * Struggle over role of Islam divides society TUNIS, June 18 (Reuters) - A Tunisian court has sentenced six radical Islamists to five years in prison for burning a...Tags: Government, National Government, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Politics, Feminism
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Tunisia may spend over $1 bln to recapitalise banks
ReutersDUBAI, June 17 (Reuters) - Tunisia may spend over a billion dollars to recapitalise its state-owned banks as the government struggles to stabilise the economy after the 2011 revolution, Tunisian authorities have told the International Monetary Fund....Tags: Revolutions, International Monetary Fund
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EU condemns jailing of topless feminists in Tunisia
ReutersBRUSSELS, June 13 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Thursday jail sentences handed down to three European feminist activists who staged a topless protest in Tunisia were too severe and urged the Islamist-led government to reform its laws on freedom...Tags: European Union, Russia, International Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Tunisian rapper in court to hear sentence for insulting police
ReutersTUNIS, June 13 (Reuters) - A Tunisian rapper who was sentenced to two years in jail in absentia in March for insulting the police was handed the same punishment on Thursday after he surrendered to the authorities. The ruling, which critics called another...Tags: Government, National Government, Politics
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RPT-Erdogan: from "rock star" to mixed reviews from Arabs
Reuters(Repeating story from Wednesday with no changes to text) * Turkish prime minister was feted during the Arab Spring * But some Arabs disappointed by his crackdown * His fate may now be linked to that of Arab Islamists By Alastair Macdonald and Tarek...Tags: European Union, Government, Bashar Assad, Cairo (Egypt), Saudi Arabia
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Briefs: New Scientist
Premium Health News ServiceIS MERS ON THE LOOSE? There are signs that the new coronavirus that emerged in the Arabian peninsula last year is spreading among people who have had no known contact with an infected source. Ron Fouchier, of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the...Tags: Vitamin Therapy, Saudi Arabia, Folic Acid, Social Sciences, Ecosystems
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McCain says Assad is winning in Syria, urges U.S. aid to moderates
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON President Bashar Assad is winning the civil war in Syria, Sen. John McCain said Thursday, saying the United States must rethink its policy there and in the rest of the Middle East if it wants to avoid a regional war that would weaken many of...Tags: Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Television, Egypt, CBS Corp.
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Secrecy Is The Opposite Of Democracy
The Hartford CourantI was recently in the northern African country of Tunisia, where I was invited to talk about the importance of government transparency. What was on the minds of many Tunisians has considerable bearing on lawmaking here in Connecticut and, for that matter,...Tags: Democracy, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Politics, Freedom of Information Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Global Village: Tunisia Wary of 'Blue'; India Networks Go Black, More
VarietyINDIA India Censors on a Spree India's Information & Broadcasting ministry has blacked out Comedy Central for 10 days, beginning May 25, for airing two primetime shows deemed offensive. The channel aired standup program "Comedy Central Presents" a year...Tags: Netherlands, Colombia, Media Industry, Republic of Ireland, Belgium
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